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Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

The woman who limped into a downtown Seattle coffee shop said she'd been shot in the leg — a statement that brought police cars and fire trucks rushing to the scene.

Washington became the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews.

A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.

Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.

Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson lost the Democratic nomination for a second term Tuesday as challenger Eric Papenfuse emerged as the winner of a fiercely competitive primary contest.

Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June. A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two shows and resume her touring schedule in July.

A quick-thinking Bothell mom took a cell phone photo that may help catch the man she caught breaking into her house.

A playground set in Everett was destroyed by a fire overnight. The incident happened at Garfield Park in the 2300 block of Walnut Street.

A 35-year-old woman is being charged with vehicular assault after Thurston County deputies say she fled during a DUI stop and caused a serious-injury crash moments later.

A former Lakewood police officer already convicted on federal charges for stealing donations from a fallen officers’ fund has admitted to identity theft and forgery in a Pierce County superior court.